Symptoms:
One of the most common symptoms is to suddenly travel far away from home. Also the person will forget who they are and could even create a new identity. These usually persist for a couple of hours or even days.
Diagnosis:
The person has to wait until their fugue episodes have passed and bring it to a doctor’s attention. They will then determine if a person has this disease by using background information. Then determine what happened during, before, and after they create another identity.
Treatment:
Some treatments include interviews while the individual is drugged so they are relaxed. Another is to hypnotize the person in hoped of triggering what happened while having an episode. Also doctors will try to figure out what caused this behavior in order to prevent this behavior.
Effect on daily life:
Most people that suffer from this will leave everyone they know behind and forget about their normal life.
Symptoms:
One of the most common symptoms is to suddenly travel far away from home. Also the person will forget who they are and could even create a new identity. These usually persist for a couple of hours or even days.
Diagnosis:
The person has to wait until their fugue episodes have passed and bring it to a doctor’s attention. They will then determine if a person has this disease by using background information. Then determine what happened during, before, and after they create another identity.
Treatment:
Some treatments include interviews while the individual is drugged so they are relaxed. Another is to hypnotize the person in hoped of triggering what happened while having an episode. Also doctors will try to figure out what caused this behavior in order to prevent this behavior.
Effect on daily life:
Most people that suffer from this will leave everyone they know behind and forget about their normal life.
For more Information:
http://www.minddisorders.com/Del-Fi/Dissociative-fugue.html
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx87.htm